Ranma ½ (TV)
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Alternative title:
Ranma 1/2 Nettouhen (Japanese)
Ranma Nibun no Ichi (Japanese)
Ranma ½ - Episode 1/21 - (Italian)
Ranma ½ : Gli Scontri Decisivi - Episode 101/161 - (Italian)
Ranma ½ : Le Nuove Avventure - Episode 22/100 - (Italian)
Ranma ½: Nettō-hen
らんま1/2熱闘編 (Japanese)
らんま1/2 (Japanese)
亂馬1/2 (Chinese (Taiwan))
란마 1/2 (Korean)
Themes:
gender switch,
martial arts
Age rating:
Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary:
Saotome Ranma, a teenage martial artist, and his father Genma travel to the 'cursed training ground' of Jusenkyo in China. There, despite the warnings of the Chinese guard, they fall into the cursed springs. From now on, whenever Ranma is doused in cold water, he turns in to a girl, and a cute, well-built red-head at that. Hot water changes him back into a man again, but only until the next time. To make matters worse, his father engages him to Tendo Akane, a girl who hates boys.
User Ratings:
1659 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
Half hour per episode
Number of episodes:
161
Episode titles: We have 161
Vintage:
1989-04-15 to 1989-09-16 (Season 1, 18 episodes)
1989-10-20 to 1992-09-25 (Season 2 (Nettohen), 143 episodes)
1992-09 (France Air Date)
1998-01-26 (Mexico, Televisa Canal 5)
2002-04-11 (Germany, TV-Channel: RTL2 (81 episodes))
2006-07-03 (Cartoon Network Latin America)
2007-03-05 (Brazil, PlayTV - Otacraze)
2009-03-10 to 2009-05-22 (Philippines, Re-Broadcast, TV5)
2009-08-10 to 2009-10-20 (TV5 Philippines,Season 1-3,episodes 1-52)
Seasons:
1. Ranma 1/2, 18 eps (1989-04-15 to 1989-09-16)
2. Anything Goes Martial Arts, 22 eps (1995-01-01)
2. Ranma 1/2 Nettohen, 143 eps (1989-10-20 to 1992-09-25)
3. Hard Battle, 24 eps (1996-01-01)
4. Outta Control, 24 eps (1998-01-01)
5. Martial Mayhem, 24 eps (1999-01-01)
6. Random Rhapsody, 24 eps (2001-01-01)
7. Ranma Forever, 25 eps (2002-06-10)
Opening Theme:
#1: "じゃじゃ馬にさせないで (Jaja Uma ni Sasenai de)" by Etsuko Nishio (eps 1-18)
#2: "リトル★デイト (Little ★ Date)" by ribbon (eps 25-41)
#3: "思い出がいっぱい (Omoide ga Ippai)" by CoCo (eps 42-63)
#4: "絶対! Part 2 (Zettai! Part 2)" by Yoshie Hayasaka (eps 64-87)
#5: "地球オーケストラ (Chikyuu Orchestra)" by KUSUKUSU (eps 88-117)
#6: "もう泣かないで (Mou Nakanaide)" by Azusa Senou (eps 118-135)
#7: "ラヴ・シーカー CAN'T STOP IT (Love Seeker CAN'T STOP IT)" by VisioN (eps 136-161)
Ending Theme:
#1: "プラトニックつらぬいて (Platonic Tsuranuite)" by Kaori Sakagami (eps 1-13)
#2: "EQUAL ロマンス (Equal Romance)" by CoCo (eps 14-18)
#3: "ド・ン・マ・イ来々少年〜Don't mind lay-lay Boy〜" by Etsuko Nishio (eps 19-30)
#4: "乱馬ダ☆RANMA (Lambada☆RANMA)" by The Ranma 1/2 Operatic Troupe (eps 42-56)
#5: "プレゼント (Present)" by Tokyo Shounen (eps 57-72)
#6: "フレンズ (Friends)" by YAWMIN (eps 73-87)
#7: "ひなげし(Hinageshi)" by Michiyo Nakajima (eps 88-117)
#8: "POSITIVE" by Miho Morikawa (eps 118-135)
#9: "虹と太陽の丘 (Niji to Taiyou no Oka)" by Piyo Piyo (eps 136-161)
Official website:
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Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 8
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Comment:
Ranma 1/2 was actually cancelled on September 16, 1989 after 18 episodes due to low ratings. One month later, the series was relaunched as Ranma 1/2 Nettohen.
Along with Mermaid's Scar, Ranma 1/2 was Viz Video's first domestic anime release, and prior to Inu-Yasha, the company's landmark title in North America.
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Reviews:
Ranma ½ Season 5 DVD box
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| Ranma 1/2 Season 6: Random Rhapsody - Who Do? Voodoo (DVD) 2001-05-22 (from $23.96) | ||||||||
| Ranma 1/2 Season 6: Random Rhapsody - The Way We're Not (DVD) 2001-06-19 (from $13.99) | ||||||||
| Ranma 1/2 Season 6: Random Rhapsody - Watermelon Beach (DVD) 2001-07-24 (from $23.96) | ||||||||
| Ranma 1/2 Season 6: Random Rhapsody - Uko's Secret Sauce (DVD) 2002-01-29 (from $23.98) | ||||||||
| Ranma 1/2 Season 6: Random Rhapsody - For The Love Of Akane (DVD) 2002-03-19 (from $13.88) | ||||||||
| Ranma 1/2 Season 7: Ranma Forever - Rock A Bye Ranma (DVD) 2002-12-10 | ||||||||
| Ranma ½ Season 1 Box Set - The Digital Dojo [2nd ed] (DVD) 2007-01-16 (from $44.98) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½ Season 1 Box Set - The Digital Dojo (DVD) 2001-11-20 (from $55.99) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½ Season 2 Box Set - Anything Goes Martial Arts [2nd ed] (DVD) 2007-07-31 (from $29.99) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½ Season 3 Box Set - Hard Battle [2nd ed] (DVD) 2007-09-25 (from $29.99) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½ Season 3 Box Set - Hard Battle (DVD) 2002-07-30 (from $107.99) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½ Season 4 Box Set - Outta Control (DVD) 2002-11-12 (from $73.99) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½ Season 4 Box Set - Outta Control [2nd ed] (DVD) 2007-11-27 (from $29.99) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½ Season 5 Box Set - Martial Mayhem (DVD) 2003-05-06 (from $119.89) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½ Season 5 Box Set - Martial Mayhem [2nd ed] (DVD) 2008-01-29 (from $29.99) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½ Season 6 Box Set - Random Rhapsody (DVD) 2003-09-16 (from $86.39) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½ Season 6 Box Set - Random Rhapsody [2nd ed] (DVD) 2008-03-25 (from $29.99) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½ Season 7 Box Set - Ranma Forever (DVD) 2003-11-18 | ||||||||
| Ranma ½ Season 7 Box Set - Ranma Forever [2nd ed] (DVD) 2008-07-29 (from $34.68) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½: Random Rhapsody - Panda-Monium (DVD 6) 2001-11-20 (from $5.99) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½: Random Rhapsody - Demon from Jusenkyo (DVD) 2001-08-28 (from $13.99) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½: Random Rhapsody - Whacky Winter Wonderland (DVD) 2001-09-25 (from $13.88) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½: Ranma Forever - Initiation Nite (DVD 1) 2002-06-10 | ||||||||
| Ranma ½: Ranma Forever - From the Depths of Despair (DVD 2) 2002-08-13 (from $18.99) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½: Ranma Forever - Kiss Me, Cat (DVD 3) 2002-10-15 (from $18.99) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½: Ranma Forever - Wretched Rice Cakes of Love (DVD 5) 2003-02-04 (from $18.99) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½: Ranma Forever - Battle for Miss Beachside (DVD 6) 2003-05-06 (from $24.92) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½: Ranma Forever - Bring It On (DVD 7) 2003-06-10 (from $18.24) | ||||||||
| Ranma ½: Ranma Forever - Someday, Somehow (DVD 8) 2003-08-19 (from $18.99) | ||||||||
| VHS | ||||||||
| Ranma ½: Random Rhapsody - Demon from Jusenkyo (Dub.VHS 4) 2001-08-28 | ||||||||
| Ranma ½: Random Rhapsody - Whacky Winter Wonderland (Dub.VHS 5) 2001-09-25 | ||||||||
| Ranma ½: Random Rhapsody - Panda-Monium (Dub.VHS 6) 2001-11-20 | ||||||||
| Ranma ½: Ranma Forever - Initiation Nite (Dub.VHS 1) 2002-06-10 | ||||||||
| Ranma ½: Ranma Forever - From the Depths of Despair (Dub.VHS 2) 2002-08-13 | ||||||||
| Ranma ½: Ranma Forever - Kiss Me, Cat (Dub.VHS 3) 2002-10-15 | ||||||||
| Ranma ½: Martial Mayhem - Croak and Dagger (Sub.VHS) 2001-09-15 |
Series Director: Tomomi Mochizuki (season 1) Script: Aya Matsui (season 2) Hiroko Naka (season 2-7) Hiroshi Toda (season 2) Hiroyuki Kawasaki (season 2) Hisashi Tokimura (season 2,4-5) Kazuhito Hisajima (season 2-7) Koji Sawai (season 4-5) Michiko Yokote (season 3-7) Naoto Kimura (season 6-7) Ryota Yamaguchi (season 7) Shigeru Hosokawa (season 3-7) Toshiki Inoue (season 2) Yoshiyuki Suga (season 2-7) Original creator: Rumiko Takahashi Character Design: Atsuko Nakajima Art Director: Satoshi Miura Director of Photography: Mitsunobu Yoshida Producer: Hidenori Taga Hiroshi Hasegawa (Deen) Koji Kaneda (Fuji TV) Makoto Kubo (Deen) Takashi Ishihara (Fuji TV) Yoko Matsushita (Kitty) Yoshinobu Nakao (Fuji TV) Art Coordinator: Masahiro Sato Planning: Shigekazu Ochiai Series Concept: Yoshio Urasawa Sound Effects: Shigeharu Shiba Theme Song Performance: Azusa Senou (OP 6) CoCo (OP 3, ED 2) Etsuko Nishio (OP 1, ED 3) Hirotaka Suzuoki (ED 4) Ichirô Nagai (ED 4) Kaori Sakagami (ED 1) Kappei Yamaguchi (ED 4) Kenichi Ogata (ED 4) Kikuko Inoue (ED 4) Kouichi Yamadera (ED 4) Maki Miyamae (OP 3, ED 2) Megumi Hayashibara (ED 4) Michiyo Nakajima (ED 7) Miho Morikawa (ED 8) Minami Takayama (ED 4) Miyoko Asou (ED 4) Noriko Hidaka (ED 4) Rei Sakuma (ED 4) Ryunosuke Ohbayashi (ED 4) Saeko Shimazu (ED 4) Toshihiko Seki (ED 4) YAWMIN (ED 6) Yoshie Hayasaka (OP 4) | Kappei Yamaguchi as Megumi Hayashibara as Noriko Hidaka as Hiromi Tsuru as Hirotaka Suzuoki as Ichirô Nagai as Kenichi Ogata as Kikuko Inoue as Kouichi Yamadera as Kouji Tsujitani as Minami Takayama as Miyoko Asou as Rei Sakuma as Ryunosuke Ohbayashi as Saeko Shimazu as Tatsuyuki Jinnai as Toshihiko Seki as Yuji Mitsuya as Akiko Hiramatsu as Akira Ishida as Akira Murayama as Arihiro Hase as Banjou Ginga as Eiji Maruyama as Eiko Yamada as Haru Endô as Hideyuki Tanaka as Hiromi Tsuru as Hirotaka Suzuoki as Hisako Kyouda as Hisayoshi Izaki as Houchu Ohtsuka as Ichirô Nagai as Isamu Tanonaka as Jun Hazumi as Kachiko Hino as Kappei Yamaguchi as Katsuji Mori as Kazue Ikura as Kazuhiko Inoue as Kazuko Sugiyama as Keiichi Nanba as Keiji Fujiwara as Kinto Tamura as Kôhei Miyauchi as Kouichi Yamadera as Kouji Tsujitani as Kôzô Shioya as Mahito Tsujimura as Mako Hyoudou as Mari Yokoo as Masahiro Anzai as Masako Ikeda as Masako Sugaya as Masami Kikuchi as Masashi Sugawara as Megumi Hayashibara as Mika Kanai as Minori Matsushima as Mitsuki Yayoi as Miyoko Asou as Mugihito as Noriko Hidaka as Rei Sakuma as Rokuro Naya as Ryunosuke Ohbayashi as Sho Hayami as Shouji Matsuoka as Tadashi Nakamura as Takehito Koyasu as Takuzou Kamiyama as Tateno Hitouchi as Tatsuyuki Jinnai as Terue Nunami as Tomohiro Nishimura as Toshiya Ueda as Yoshiko Ohta as You Inoue as Yumi Takada as Yumi Touma as Kazumi Tanaka Rica Matsumoto Yoko Teppouzuka | |||||||
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Art Director: Yoshiyuki Higuchi ADR Script: Kathleen Westlake (season 7) Executive producer: Seiji Horibuchi Casting Assistant: Shalaina Godard Dialogue Director: Amiel Gladstone (season 6) Karl Willems (seasons 3, 6, 7) Michael Dobson (season 3) Terry Klassen Logo Animation: Will Culpepper II Packaging Design: Yoshiyuki Higuchi Sound Effects: Mark Hensley | Brigitta Dau as Myriam Sirois as Richard Cox as Sarah Strange as Venus Terzo as Angela Costain as Brad Swaile as Cathy Weseluck as David Kaye as Elaina Wotten-Costain as Elan Ross Gibson as Erin Fitzgerald as Ian James Corlett as Kelly Sheridan as Kirby Morrow as Michael Benyaer as Michael Donovan as Paul Dobson as Scott McNeil as Sylvia Zaradic as Ted Cole as Teryl Rothery as Willow Johnson as Alec Willows as Alistair Abell as Andrea Libman as Bill Switzer as Brad Swaile as Brian Dobson as Chantal Strand as Christopher Turner as Ellen Kennedy as Jenn Forgie as Kathleen Barr as Kirby Morrow as Lisa Bunting as Lynda Boyd as Maggie Blue O'Hara as Matt Hill as Megan Leitch as Michael Dobson as Michael Donovan as Moneca Stori as Nick Misura as Pauline Newstone as Rhys Huber as Richard Newman as Ron Halder as Scott McNeil as Terry Klassen as Toby Proctor as Tony Sampson as Ward Perry as Willow Johnson as | |||||||
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Theme Song Performance: Bernard Minet | Amélie Morin as Barbara Tissier as Joelle Guigui as Luq Hamet as Magali Barney as Virginie Ogouz as Barbara Tissier as Gérard Desalles as Vincent Ropion as Eric Legrand as Francine Laine as Géraldine Giraud as Joelle Guigui as Serge Bourrier as Thierry Ragueneau as | |||||||
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Adaptation: Joan Mateu (Catalan dub) Dubbing Assistant: David Arnau (Catalan dub) Music Director: Jorge Roig Theme Song Performance: Jordi Vila (OP, Catalan dub) Ma. de Jesús Teherán Manolita Domínguez (OP 1, ED 2, Spain dub) | Ana Teresa Bengoetxea as Carlos Hugo Hidalgo as Eba Ojanguren as Irma Carmona as Marc Zanni as Marta Ullod as Núria Trifol as Rossy Aguirre as Victoria Ramos as Aleix Estadella as Alejandro Illescas as Alvaro María Sánchez as Ana Begoña Eguileor as Ana Maria Grey as Araceli de Leon as Aurora Ferrándiz as Bardo Miranda as Benjamin Rivera as Berta Cortés as Bruno Jorda as Daniel Abundis as Daniel Garcia as Eduardo Garza as Eva Lluch as Federico Menescal as Gabriel Gama as Gaby Willert as Gerardo del Valle as Jaione Insausti as Jordi Pons as José Antequera as José Félix Pons as Jose Luis Irigoien as Josep Maria Ullod as Juan Martin Goiricelaya as LOURDES LÓPEZ as Magda Giner as Manu Heras as Maria del Mar Tamarit as María Luisa Rosselló as Marta Barbará as Martha Ceceña as Mayra Arellano as Oriol Rafel as Oscar Muñoz as Pedro Arrieta as Raúl Llorens as Rocio Prado as Roger Pera as Susana Macías as Tere Jaio as Vicky Martínez as Alba Sola as Albert Trifol Segarra as Alberto Escobal García as Aleix Estadella as Ana Pallejà as Ana Maria Grey as Antonio Crespo as Aurora García as Aurora Mijangos as Azucena Díaz as Belén Roca as Carlos Iñigo as Carlos del Campo as Carmen Contreras as Cesar Arias as Claudi García as Diana Perez as Domenech Farell as Emilio Freixas as Enric Isasi-Isasmendi as Esteban Siller as Estívaliz Lizárraga as Eva Lluch as Federico Menescal as Gabriel Chavez as Gerardo Reyero as Graciela Molina as Gustavo Carrillo as Herman Lopez as Inés Moraleda as Isabel Romo as Jaume Comas as Javier Roldán as Jesús Díez as Jordi Ribes as Jordi Vilaseca as Jorge Ornelas as José Posada as Jose Antonio Macias as José Luis Mediavilla as Josep Maria Mas as LOURDES LÓPEZ as Manuel Lázaro as Mar Roca as Maria Moscardó as Maria del Mar Tamarit as Martin Soto as Monica Estrada as Norma Echeverria as Oscar Muñoz as Paco Gázquez as Ramon Puig as Raúl Llorens as Ricardo Mendoza as Rocio Garcel as Rosa Maria Piza as Txema Moscoso as Yamil Atala as Albert Roig Aleix Estadella Angel de Gracia Enric Isasi-Isasmendi Federico Menescal Javier Roldán Joan Pera Jordi Pons María Luisa Rosselló Ramon Puig Raúl Llorens Susana Macías Vicente Gil | |||||||
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Dubbing Director: Cinzia De Carolis (eps 1-26) Fabrizio Gargiulo (CRC dub; eps 51-161) Fabrizio Mazzotta Dialogues: Fabrizio Mazzotta (eps 1-26) Giovanna Rotellini (eps 1-26) Luciano Setti (eps 27-161) Paola Anzelotti (eps 1-26) Stefano Marinello (eps 1-26) Tony Biocca (eps 51-161) Dubbing Assistant: Andrea Moresco (eps 1-26) Maurizio Picchio (eps 51-161) Metello Mori (CRC dub; eps 51-161) Paolo Cortese (eps 27-161) General Consultant: Gualtiero Cannarsi Scripts Supervisor: Gualtiero Cannarsi | Antonella Baldini as Fabio Boccanera as Laura Latini as Massimiliano Alto as Stella Musy as Emanuela D'Amico as Ilaria Stagni as Isabella Guida as Luciano Marchitiello as Nino Scardina as Riccardo Rossi as Sergio Luzi as Stefania Romagnoli as Toni Orlandi as Alessandro Tiberi as Antonella Baldini as Armando Bandini as Beatrice Margiotti as Christian Iansante as Cinzia De Carolis as Corrado Conforti as Daniela Caroli as Domitilla D'Amico as Edoardo Nevola as Federica De Bortoli as Francesca Fiorentini as Francesca Guadagno as Francesca Palopoli as Gabriele Carrara as Georgia Lepore as Giovanni Petrucci as Giuliano Santi as Isa Di Marzio as Laura Lenghi as Luca Violini as Luciano Marchitiello as Luigi Ferraro as Marco Bresciani as Marco Vivio as Massimo Gentile as Massimo Rossi as Michele Kalamera as Nanni Baldini as Perla Liberatori as Pierluigi Astore as Roberto Gentile as Romano Malaspina as Rossella Acerbo as Sergio Luzi as Stefano Crescentini as Vittorio Amandola as Vittorio Di Prima as Vittorio Guerrieri as Vittorio Stagni as | |||||||
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Director: Ed Belo Line Producer: Vangie Labalan | Carlo Eduardo Labalan as Filipina Pamintuan as Hazel Hernan as Jose Amado Santiago as Filipina Pamintuan as Hazel Hernan as Rona Aguilar as Ed Belo as Ronald Indico as Rose Nalundasan as Wendy De Leon as | |||||||
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Theme Song Performance: Vanessa Falabella (OP and ED) | Fátima Noya as Márcio Araújo as Tatiane Keplermaier as Alfredo Rollo as Carlos Campanile as Carlos Silveira as Gessy Fonseca as Hermes Baroli as Letícia Quinto as Luciana Baroli as Luiz Laffey as Márcia Regina as Sandra Mara as Sérgio Rufino as Tânia Gaidarji as Tatá Guarnieri as Vagner Fagundes as Wendel Bezerra as Adriana Pissardini as Agatha Paulita as Angelica Santos as Antônio Akira as Cecília Lemes as César Marchetti as Fábio Lucindo as Fábio Moura as Fernando Belfiore as Fritz Gianvito as Gilberto Rocha Júnior as Guilherme Lopes as Isaura Gomes as Júlia Castro as Jussara Marques as Leonardo Camilo as Luiz Carlos de Moraes as Marco Aurélio Campos as Melissa Garcia as Michel Di Fiori as Roberto Rocha as Sérgio Moreno as Silas Borges as Suzy Pereira as Tiago Keplermaier as Vagner Fagundes as Wellington Lima as Yuri Chesman as Zaira Zordan as | |||||||
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